Suryakumar Yadav's Captaincy Blunder cost MI against CSK..!?

mumbai Indians dominated the bowling in the 2025 IPL match against chennai Super Kings. At one point, there was a thought that CSK would lose. However, mumbai lost due to a wrong decision by captain suryakumar yadav in the 18th over. While mumbai Indians were chasing the target of 156 runs, CSK lost wickets in succession. After rahul Tripathi lost the first wicket for 2 runs, Rachin ravindra and Ruturaj Gaikwad played aggressively. Ruturaj scored 53 runs in 26 balls and was dismissed. Then mumbai Indians' young spinner Vignesh Puthur dismissed him with his superb bowling. Vignesh Puthur then took the wickets of shivam Dubey and deepak Hooda in quick succession, giving mumbai Indians a major breakthrough. CSK lost 4 wickets for 107 runs. sam Curran was the next to fall for 4 runs. ravindra jadeja was run out for 17 runs. Rachin ravindra was the only one to stand aside and scored a magnificent half-century. In this situation, CSK was in a position to win if they scored 21 runs in the last three overs. At that time, mumbai Indians were expected to use fast bowlers Trent Boult or deepak chahar in the last 3 overs. Both of them had conceded 9 runs per over in the power play. Using spinners at the last moment can always be dangerous.
 Even if the spinners hit a few sixes, the outcome of the match could change. Even so, mumbai Indians captain suryakumar yadav called Vignesh Puthur to bowl the 18th over. He should have been allowed to bowl again before the 15th over, as he had already taken three wickets. suryakumar yadav made his first mistake by letting Vignesh Puthur bowl in the 18th over. It was a huge mistake. Rachin ravindra, who faced that over, hit two sixes. In that over alone, CSK scored 15 runs. With that, the situation changed to the point where they could have won if they had scored 6 runs in the last two overs. CSK, who had scored just 2 runs in the 19th over, won with a six from Rachin ravindra on the first ball of the last over. If a fast bowler had bowled the 18th over, Rachin ravindra might not have been able to hit a six easily. That might have changed the outcome of the match. But it was a wrong decision by captain suryakumar yadav to call Vignesh Puthur to bowl. Vignesh Puthur conceded 17 runs and took 3 wickets in the first three overs he bowled. However, after conceding 15 runs in the fourth over, he conceded 32 runs in 4 overs and took 3 wickets at the end of the match. Noor Mohammad, who was the main reason for CSK's victory in this match, had shown excellent bowling by taking 4 wickets. He also won the Man of the Match award.
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Sowmiya Sriram

24/03/2025 09:23 AM